Medicalization of Women’s Bodies: Pregnancy‚ Birth‚ and Menopause Pregnancy‚ birth‚ and menopause are some of the natural processes many women undergo in their lives. While medicalization of these experiences is beneficial for women’s emotional and physical wellbeing‚ unnecessary medical interventions can produce negative consequences‚ harming the mind and the body. Despite the tendency toward relying solely on medical professionals’ opinions‚ women’s experiences should be weighed equally or more
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Infertility can be defined as the inability to conceive after having unprotected vaginal intercourse over the course of one year or the inability to stay pregnant for the length of a normal pregnancy (Infertility FAQs). It is a fairly common issue‚ which affects more than one out of every ten couples in the United Sates alone (Infertility FAQs). There is a common misconception that infertility issues are always the woman’s fault (Infertility FAQs). Men can also contribute to infertility complications
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Pre-Eclampsia When a woman finds out that she is pregnant she usually dreams about a perfect pregnancy‚ with a perfect delivery‚ and a healthy baby that gets to come home with you after a Twenty-four hour hospital stay‚ but unfortunately it does not always turn out that way. Pre-eclampsia is a disorder in a pregnant woman who develops high blood pressure and protein in the urine after 20 weeks gestation. Pre-eclampsia is very dangerous and can change rapidly into life threatening disorders such
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A multiple birth is when the mother delivers two or more offspring. Since 1980 the multiple offspring birthrate has increased by over 75%. in general multiple births have more complications then a normal one offspring birth. Many new things come into play when the mother is carrying multiple children. Not only is it harder on the mothers body‚ but the babies are also sharing a space and nutrients. There are multiple short- term complications of multiple births like: pre-eclampsia‚ and diabetes. Both
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Open season on pregnant women Being pregnant for the first time has made me aware of a phenomenon that I am convinced only a pregnant woman can truly understand. I call it “the open-season-on-pregnant-women syndrome‚” for lack of a better name. Early in my pregnancy‚ my older sister warned me that having a baby is not the private affair I had always assumed it would be. Despite millions of years of babies‚ the idea of a new life is still fascinating enough to make even strangers want to share in
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What is fetal monitoring? During labor‚ your medical practitioner and nurse will be checking your baby’s heart rate to keep an eye on how the baby is doing and see how it is tolerating your contractions. It is usually done with an automated fetal monitor or a handheld Doppler device like the one your physician used to listen to the baby during their prenatal visits. A stethoscope-like device called a fetoscope is sometimes used instead. Your baby’s heart rate can be checked constantly with an electronic
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Usually when one thinks of the topic Pregnancy‚ the first thoughts that come to head are stretch marks‚ getting fat‚ backaches and a million of other horrible things that can be thought of. However‚ what some people do forget is that there is a lot more than that going on. There is an actual new life being created inside of you and it is a quite fascinating process. Nonetheless a non-mammal‚ as in a sea turtle‚ has a developmental process‚ not quite the same as a mammal‚ or human. The amount of time
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Personal Statement I want to become a midwife because over my career I have really enjoyed working with parents‚ and whilst training in childcare I became fascinated by the process of pregnancy and delivery. This has led me to wanting to learn the skills to enable me to plan and provide‚ with the mother‚ individualised care based on the medical history and social assessment early on in pregnancy within my community. In order to gain the under pinning knowledge‚ to be a midwife‚ I am studying Access
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Study Guide for Exam 1 * What are the risk factors for uterine atony? Loss of uterine tone Overdistention of the uterus (multiple gestation‚ polyhydramnios‚ macrosomia‚ fibroid tumors‚ distention with clots)‚ bladder distention‚ grand multiparity‚ uterine trauma (forceps vacuum‚ c-section‚ cervical biopsy)‚ bottle feeding‚ length of labor (precipitous or prolonged)‚ Hx of PPH‚ medications (anesthesia‚ recent tocolysis‚ magnesium sulfate‚ induction greater than 15 hours)‚ abruptio placenta
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• Discuss the questions that would be important to include when interviewing a patient with this issue. Questions that increase the patient risk of developing an ectopic pregnancy should be asked and they include: history of previous tubal surgery‚ previous ectopic pregnancy‚ in utero diethylstilbestrol exposure‚ previous genital infections‚ infertility‚ current smoking‚ and previous intrauterine device use (Lozeau‚ & Potter‚ 2005). Questions about menstrual cycles as well as the pelvic pain should
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